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12 Things You Never Knew About San Francisco’s Iconic Cable Cars – The San Francisco Standard
Cable cars have been in San Francisco for 150 years, and the city has been rolling out the international orange carpet to celebrate. While the unique form of transportation used to crisscross the streets in 29 cities across the country, today only San Francisco has them—a feat worth recognizing. “We’re celebrating the first instance of…
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Grand Haven’s Jingle Bell Parade is Dec. 2
The Jingle Bell Parade in downtown Grand Haven is Saturday, Dec. 2. The annual community holiday event, presented by the Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, will include more than 80 entries of festively lit holiday floats, music, an appearance from Santa and Mrs. Claus, and a Christmas tree lighting ceremony following the parade. × This page…
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Remember When: Michael Nesmith Won the First Music Video Grammy for ‘Elephant Parts’
February 24, 1982The Shrine AuditoriumLos Angeles, California @media screen and (min-width:0) and (min-height:0px) { #sv-video-contianer { min-height:200px } } @media screen and (min-width:515) and (min-height:0px) { #sv-video-contianer { min-height:305px } } @media screen and (min-width:581px) and (min-height:0px) { #sv-video-contianer { min-height:338px } } Videos by American Songwriter Quincy Jones was the big winner at the…
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Red Lake Elementary Music Program receives $2,000 AXS TV Band Together Grant
Red Lake Elementary’s music program recently received a $2,000 AXS TV Band Together Grant through Paul Bunyan Communications to provide students with digital music activities. AXS TV’s Band Together For Music Education initiative awards grants to school-age music education programs across the country that demonstrate top leadership, instruction and participation as well as a strong…
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BEYOND LOCAL: Music painted on the wall of a Venetian orphanage will be heard again nearly 250 years later
The following article, written by Marica S. Tacconi, Penn State originally appeared on The Conversation and is published here with permission: Imagine Lady Gaga or Elton John teaching at an orphanage or homeless shelter, offering daily music lessons. That’s what took place at Venice’s four Ospedali Grandi, which were charitable institutions that took in the needy –…
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Four Suicides in L.A. and the Mental Health Problem in Law Enforcement
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters here. On Nov. 6, a man was found dead at 10:30 a.m. in Los Angeles County. A second man was found three hours later, about 40 miles…
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Embrace the Nomad Lifestyle With This Early Black Friday Sale
Nomad Goods is offering huge discounts during its early Black Friday sale. Nomad is known for its luxury leather accessories but the company also has a great line of chargers. From now until Nov. 27, everything on the website is on sale — you don’t even need a special promo code to activate the savings. You can’t…
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‘Lifestyle Photographer’: Wherever You Are Photography owner Kandi Cook-Arnold loves her work
Kandi Cook-Arnold was given a camera as a gift about 12 years ago, and began taking photos for family and a few friends. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Featured Local Savings
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Tour five regional museums through virtual reality
CHESTERTOWN — Washington College’s Center for Environment & Society (CES) and the Digital Scholarship in Museum Partnerships (DSMP) project are proud to invite local and regional visitors to virtually “tour” the collections from several regional museums, all in one place. Housed in the community space at 210 South Cross Street in downtown Chestertown, the exhibit…
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Albania’s former health minister accused by prosecutors of corruption in government project
Prosecutors say Albania’s former health minister, who is being investigated for alleged corruption, must report to police and not leave the country ByLLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press November 18, 2023, 11:59 AM TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s former health minister, who is being investigated for alleged corruption, must report to police and not leave the country, prosecutors…
